“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”

“No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.”

“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”

“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”